There is a place in San Benedetto del Tronto that has been there, in the center of the center for 150 years, since Giuseppe Sciarra, one of the first coffee makers in the town, decided to open his shop under the house on that newly traced street then called “dell’Ancoraggio” because it flowed right onto the beach where the fishing boats anchored.

It was 1862, all the streets of the village were marked with the names of animals (via della Rana, della Passera, del Grillo, del Merlo etc.) and the shops present, mostly taverns and wine or liquor shops, had adapted.

The sign that Giuseppe Sciarra had chosen for his cafeteria was that of the Balena.A century and a half of history has passed between the tables of that cafe.Several generations of Sciarra have succeeded in running the restaurant, until 1992, when the now elderly Mario Sciarra, a few years before his death, decided to sell the management to another family able to reinvigorate and continue the prestigious business which passed to Adriano Ciccarelli.

This year, therefore, both anniversaries occur, and it is for this reason that the Sciarra and Ciccarelli families have decided to celebrate (after having already cut the fateful cake a few months ago), with a gift dedicated to all San Benedetto, tourists and aficionados On Wednesday 22 August at 9.30 pm, outside the Gran Caffè Sciarra, an evening event will be organized by Cinzia Carboni in collaboration with the Cultural Association I Places of Writing, with the participation of some actors of the Compagnia Teatrale Ribalta Picena (Catia Zappasodi, Giancarlo Brandimarte, Maria Baldini and Lorenzo Nico) and directed by Riccardo Sciarra. of photos and period films, interspersed with the delicious sonnets by Bice Piacentini.